The Bangabandhu Gold Cup, after the opening two days in Sylhet, will hit the capital today with top seeded Bahrain taking on Singapore at the Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5pm.
The strong contender of the 20oz gold cup, Bahrain starts their campaign today while Singapore will be fighting for their existence after they lost their opener by 3-2 goals against Thailand.
“We are here to win the title, the conditions are a little different but we are eager to show our worth as the top ranked team and we are ready to put the best,” said Bahrain’s coach Adrian Whitbread, a former English Premier League player.
Meanwhile, his counterpart Richard Bok said “We beat them 3-2 in Bahrain and we want to draw inspiration from it, the football is round and the chance is open, we will try our best to win,” said Bok.
